The costs of HIPAA breaches are well-documented. Thefts of laptops containing sensitive health information of patients impose significant costs on providers and their business associates, ranging from preliminary investigations to mail notification of all patients impacted, to say nothing of the reputational harm inflicted by the mandatory self-reporting to CMS’s public wall of shame. If these costs… Continue Reading
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Subscribe to Litigation RSS FeedAdditional Liabilities From Breach May Be Significant
Posted in LitigationLiability from a breach of health information may be much more significant than the costs of notifying the affected individuals. Although there is no private right of action under HIPAA, private litigants have been attempting to devise theories which would support recovery of damages for violations of HIPAA. A recently amended complaint alleges that victims… Continue Reading